tails between their legs with only their coach not wanting to admit defeat.

but they are use to it by now.

the packed stadium after the game?

How long the “poor picked on us” mantra Kiffin is selling to excuse his decision-making capabilities will sell to a crowd?

If he doesn’t make a bowl will recruits say “Yeah, you guyswere so close, I can help . . .”

Or will they say “You ran your mouth about how hot you were last year and rolled nada baby, why end up there?”

He’s kind of putting all his eggs into the “We’ll be so vastly improved next year that I’ll be vindicated and nothing I say will matter” basket. In a way, I admire that, it is ballsy, but if he ends up as an abject failure no one will touch his ass again. If he does succeed, he gains the UT faithful and the hate of everyone else, but you know, the rest of the SEC was going to hate and ridicule him anyway so . . . .